12/07/2013

Route 24 NBfL Conversion: One Week, Two Days On

An operational mess is the answer. THIRTEEN buses on stand at Hampstead Heath at once, standing on one side of a road for the bus stop saying "This is not a bus stand". Well, what can you do? Nothing much, to be honest!

Note: oddities in the fleet - LT33 has new hybrid logos, LT9 has no Metroline logos.

Freightliner 90016, Hackney Central
Freightliner 90016, Hackney Central - passed through whilst waiting for my train to Hampstead Heath

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Metroline LT21, LT14 on Route 24

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Arriva T79 on Route 168, Hampstead Heath

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Metroline LT20, LT28 on Route 24, Hampstead Heath

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Metroline LT22 on Route 24

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Metroline LT20 on Route 24
Curtailed to Camden Town, from Hampstead Heath. not much use...
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24 to Camden Town
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Metroline LT20 on Route 24

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Metroline LT21 on Route 24

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Metroline LT21 + 2 other LTs, Route 24, Hampstead Heath

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Metroline LT26 on Route 24

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Metroline LT14 on Route 24

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Queue of at least 6 LTs at Hampstead Heath on overflow stand!

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Traffic caused by LTs blocking the road!

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Metroline LT26, LT27 on Route 24, Hampstead Heath

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LT26 numberplate detail - "Metroline"

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Metroline LT9 on Route 24, Hampstead Heath
Note - no Metroline logos

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Metroline LT23, LT40 on Route 24, Hampstead Heath

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Metroline LT36 on Route 24, Hampstead Heath

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Metroline LT16, LT34, Route 24, Hampstead Heath

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Metroline LT16 on Route 24, Hampstead Heath
Another curtailment to Camden Town

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"Notice to drivers - this is not a bus stand". Then 7 buses stand alongside!

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Metroline LT9 on Route 24, Hampstead Heath

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Metroline LT33 on Route 24
This has the new hybrid logo:
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Cleaner Air for London promotion?

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And LT9, my bus is curtailed to, guess where....
Yes, there again.

I got off the bus at Camden Town to go to Barnet for SDO observation.
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6 comments:

  1. LondonBuses45313/07/2013, 08:48

    13 Borisbuses on stand at once is ridiculous. Just hope Boris is sacked this time in 2016.

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    1. Anonymous15/07/2013, 00:57

      he wont be standing...

      I imagine how you put up with 600 of these fantastic buses on nearly 20 routes. :D

      the best thing about the bus is the open platform which gives you freedom to enter and leave the bus between stops. With the normal buses, you end up pressing the door open button above the door to exit the bus anytime.

      The NBFL is the bus for the new generation! The ones who oppose the NBFL is anti open platform and anti freedom because they deny peoples right to leave the bus while the bus is stationary between stops!

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    2. Anonymous15/07/2013, 11:01

      Unfortunately, the rear entrance on these buses is closed most of the time, preventing people getting on and off as they please.

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    3. Anonymous15/07/2013, 11:21

      It's just simple, press the magical green button above the door and freedom you go.

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  2. Anonymous14/07/2013, 23:18

    fantastic bus

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  3. Anonymous15/07/2013, 00:53

    This is the worlds greatest double decker bus of all time!

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